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The Houthis launch a ballistic missile from Yemen, targeting Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. The missile is intercepted before reaching Israeli airspace. It is the first time that the THAAD missile defense system is used by Israel to intercept a missile during combat operations.
2024-12-27

Flash floods kill at least nine people in Sanaa and the Dhamar Governorate in Yemen.
2022-07-24

U.S. President Donald Trump announces that the United States military has killed al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Qasim al-Raymi in a drone strike in Yemen.
2020-02-6

At least 18 people are killed and 16 others injured in a multi-vehicle accident involving a bus near Nahdah in northwestern Oman. Six of the dead were from Oman, four from Saudi Arabia, two from Pakistan, and one from Yemen. Five others are unidentified.
2016-03-1

Al-Qaeda militants seize control of Zinjibar, capital of Yemen's southern Abyan Governorate, as well as the town of Jaʿār, following fierce clashes with pro-Hadi government forces.
2015-12-2

A Middle Eastern coalition led by the Saudi Arabian army and Egyptian navy attacks positions in Yemen for the second successive day, resulting in at least ten deaths in Saada Governorate. Saudi Arabia declares that it will enforce a "no-fly zone".
2015-03-27

Two al-Qaeda fighters and two pro-government militiamen are killed in clashes in Jaar, Yemen.
2013-03-22

At least 44 people are killed amid a Yemeni government offensive to retake Zinjibar and Jaar from Islamist militants. Among the casualties are three soldiers and at least 11 civilians.
2012-05-15

An airstrike reportedly kills five al-Qaeda militants in the southern Yemeni town of Jaar.
2012-05-10

Missile strikes kill eight militants near the Al-Qaeda stronghold of Jaar in southern Yemen.
2012-05-9